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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Anonymous wrote:
OP the gross per week/guaranteed hours defines the rate more than what you hear on this board. $700-$800 is a very good salary for 2 kids for 40-50 hours. A share is usually $1-$2 more. Avoid nannies who think a share is quick windfall way to go from making $10 an hour to $20 an hour. The nannies on this board who think that people in the DC area are paying $900-$1000 starting weekly salaries are just trying to scam you.

I suggest you negotiate and budget in terms of weekly gross/guaranteed hours.This is far. far clearer. Every nanny that we interviewed told us their previous average rate not the lower base rate. On this board, a few bad nannies flip the opposite way and want you to believe that the average is the base. Its not. When people here say they are paying $15, its $15 average not $15 base and $22 overtime.

In the contract specify the actual base and OT rate. If you go over the hours in the contract you would pay the higher OT rate.

Just as I wouldn't presume to know what the average pay, is for your occupation, you insult every care giver, by doing the same thing. I've told potential employers, who've wanted to pay me $8 per child, for a share, that there was nothing wrong with their pay, BUT I simply wasn't a good fit for them In any job, after you've accrued 10-15 years of experience in a particular field, I find it to be arrogant, and ignorant, when parents like you assume that your perceived "good salary" will be agreeable to all. You need to have a whole stadium of seats, with your tight-fisted attitude. You mentioned 50 hour weeks, which is in essence a parenting job. Would you accept $800 a week to be a parent to more than one child, for most of your time? The ridiculousness on this board, is unparalleled.

While you make some good points, PP, I think you are overemphasizing the impact of experience in the nanny field. Sadly, perhaps, having years of experience doesn't necessarily make you a better nanny. There are no particular innovations in the nanny field, nor are there specific and measurable skills that define a good nanny or a great nanny. Really, it is a pretty specific match that results in a higher than average wage. Further, parents often see the job in economic terms that make sense to them. Their job may be a $17/hr job. You may want $20/hr because of your experience and your last salary. You may be worth every penny, but if a parent isn't able to be convinced that you are worth $20/hr for them and their job, they are going to pass on you. That isn't an insult, nor isn't it arrogant or ignorant. It is just the fact that there is no way to judge a quality nanny you haven't hired yet, there are many good candidates available at market rates, and childcare is really pretty simple.

Also, if you really want to engage in productive conversation, you may want to avoid the hyperbole. You are not a parent to your charge at 50 hours a week. You are a treasured caregiver, but very far from being a parent.

Please. In what industry does increased experience not also mean more cost to the employer ie. a higher salary to the employee? If you want to hire someone with a ton of experience, you should expect to pay at the higher end of salaries. If you don't want to pay at the higher end of salaries, 20 years of experience better not be on your list of requirements. It annoys me to no end when I see silly first time parents asking for the world in a nanny, but don't want to pay for it. It is disrespectful, and disingenuous of you PP to act as though experience is not a huge factor in the quality of the nanny. To most parents, that is one of the biggest factors, even more so than education level.[/quote]

Clearly, you missed the point. 20 years experience is not on my list of requirements because it doesn't make for a better nanny. It may, and if I believed as such, I would certainly pay for it. But it doesn't. Child care is not rocket science. A 23 year old with little experience but excellent instincts is worth as much, or more, than a 20 yr veteran with regular skills. It isn't a matter of respect. It's a matter of needs, supply and demand. [/quote]

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